ASGN Incorporated, a provider of IT services and solutions, including technology and creative digital marketing, across the commercial and government sectors, has closed its previously announced acquisition of GlideFast Consulting LLC (GlideFast) from private equity firm BV Investments Partners for a total cash consideration of $350 million. GlideFast’s experienced team has become part of Apex Consulting Services within ASGN’s Commercial Segment.   In addition, in connection with the closing, ASGN is granting restricted stock unit awards to 42 key GlideFast employees covering approximately 72,500 shares. Subject to continued service to ASGN, these grants will vest: (a) one-half on the second

The Riverside Company has sold Abracon a specialist in passive components, has been acquired by Genstar Capital, a private equity firm focused on investments in targeted segments of the industrials, financial services, healthcare, and software industries.

ClinChoice, a Sino-US contract research organisation (CRO), has raised $150 million in as Series E funding round led by Legend Capital, the fund management arm of Chinese conglomerate Legend Holdings, according to a report by DealStreetAsia. The round also tracked new support from Beijing-based life insurance company Taikang Life Insurance and healthcare investment firm Sherpa Healthcare Partners, as well as existing investors Lilly Asia Ventures and Apricot Capital. ClinChoice, which was founded by Xin Ke, a pharmaceutical industry veteran who specialises in data management and statistical programming, and John D Balian, who previously founded consulting firm MediVista before his tenures

The Any Hour Group (Any Hour), a provider of home services in the Mountain West region back by private equity investor Knox Lane, has partnered with three additional home services businesses – Magic Electric, Plumbing, Heating & Air (Magic), Perfect Plumbing, Heating & Air (Perfect), and Strongbuilt USA (Strongbuilt). Financial terms of the transactions have not been disclosed.

Middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital Partners’ (Huron Capital) HVAC and plumbing installation, retrofit and repair services platform, Pueblo Mechanical & Controls (Pueblo), has acquired Travers Mechanical Services (“Travers”). Travers is based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and provides HVAC and plumbing services, including maintenance, repair, and installation work with a team of approximately 40. Mike Travers Jr, President, and Mike Youngman, Vice President of Operations, will remain with the business and maintain their leadership roles. Travers was founded in 2006 by Mike Travers Sr. and Mike Travers Jr. The acquisition of Travers is Pueblo’s seventh add-on acquisition in the last

Finalis, a technology platform for dealmakers, has raised $10.7 million in a seed funding round led by various venture capital firms, including ANIMO Ventures, Chaac Ventures, Ulu Ventures, Tribe Capital and The Fund. The seed funding will accelerate Finalis’ market growth, development of its dealmaking technology platform, and overseas expansion. Since launching in May 2020, Finalis has become a leading platform enabling private market dealmakers to execute deals compliantly. Finalis built the Finalis Hub, which is the first fully-integrated private securities brokerage technology platform that already manages billions in deal volume with over 700 active mandates in market and supports

Mercer Global Advisors (Mercer Advisors), a national Registered Investment Adviser (RIA) majority owned by both Oak Hill Capital and Genstar Capital, has acquired Starks Financial Group (Starks), a financial planning and wealth management firm located in North Carolina, with assets under management (AUM) of approximately $250 million. Since Dawn Starks, CFP founded Starks Financial Group in 1999, that firm has helped numerous clients understand and manage their money. Its team of financial planners believes in the empowerment that accompanies financial literacy – understanding how resources can work hard to help reach financial goals. 

CELUS, a German deep tech company that uses AI to streamline circuit board engineering, has raised a €25 million in a Series A funding round led by Earlybird Venture Capital. DI Capital and existing investors Speedinvest and Plug and Play also participated in the round. The following individuals also invested too and will be forming CELUS’ expert advisory board: Sir John Rose (former CEO of Rolls Royce); Sir Peter Bonfield (Chairman of TSMC and NXP); Carl-Peter Forster (CEO of Opel, GM Europe, and Tata Motors); Paul Gojenola (Electronic Engineering Lead at Google); Martina Koederitz (former CEO IBM Germany and DACH,

Thabor Therapeutics, a company developing a treatment for patients living with chronic mucosal inflammatory diseases, has secured €2 million ($2.09m) in funding from the French public investment bank Bpifrance, as part of its Deeptech Plan. This funding will enable Thabor to accelerate its R&D programs and to build upon the very encouraging results achieved since the company was founded in June 2021; for the industrial development of its monoclonal antibodies and an IND (Investigational New Drug) application.   The funding from Bpifrance is another step towards the series A round planned for Q4, 2022. Thabor also intends to use the